Heading into the last offseason, the general sentiment among Yankee fans was that the team’s major area of need was pitching – specifically, starting pitching. In the six-game ALCS against powerhouse Houston, the team’s lack of depth was horribly exposed. It didn’t have a true ace; it had a disappointing James Paxton, a diminished Masahiro […]
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Yankees 2020 What Went Wrong: Hitting And Defense
For the fourth straight season, Yankees’ fans have been handed the same old story. “We’re close.” And the reality of it is, that’s true. The Yankees are close, but Yankees fans don’t care about close. I think fans cared about close in 2017 and 2018. They don’t want to be close anymore, they want to […]
Yajure Dominant in Debut as Yankees Fall to Rays to Open 3-Game Series
FINAL: Rays 5 Yankees 3 WP: Glasnow (2-1) LP: Cole (4-2) SV: Castillo (3) The Yankees fell to the Rays 5-3 to open the 3-game series at Yankee Stadium. Tyler Glasnow (2-1) got the win for the Rays, Gerrit Cole (4-2) took the loss for the Yankees, and Diego Castillo (3) was credit with […]
Garcia Shines in Yankees Sweep of Subway-Series Doubleheader
The Yankees got back in the win column and had their first experience with Major League Baseball’s (MLB) new extra innings rule that is in play in the 2020 season as they swept the Mets and took both games of today’s doubleheader, both in extra innings fashion. Both games also saw eighth inning fireworks that […]
Mets Sweep Series-Opening Doubleheader over Yankees on Jackie Robinson Day
Today Major League Baseball celebrated Jackie Robinson Day. Across the league, all teams wore #42 jerseys and league-distributed Jackie Robinson Day socks. During a week where players have been using their platform to bring awareness to social injustices, today meant more to many players as they honored the player who broke the color barrier in […]